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Tales from the Pager Chronicles
I think courage isn t about looking like Grace Kelly as we walk into the lion s den. It s about being stinking afraid and walking in anyway. So says Patrice Rancour, a strikingly humane, honest, funny, and poetic new voice, as she ushers readers through the 32 encounters in this day-in-the-life at a modern-day cancer hospital, her pager serving as her link from one human in need to the next, while she tends and ministers to both the living and the dead.
218 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2008
About the author
Patrice Rancour
2 booksAbout This Author:
You read the Pager Chronicles books if you are interested in how to face mortality, suffering, and your own capacity to bear witness to the pain of others by opening your heart and working on your self. If you choose to accept this assignment, read on. Patrice Rancour is a mental health clinical nurse specialist who has practiced as a therapist for 40 years in a variety of capacities as a clinician, educator and consultant. Her professional interests include, but are not limited to, spirituality and healing, loss and grief, death and dying, human resilience, and complementary and alternative therapies. She has spoken at numerous conferences and has published many professional manuscripts and chapters, penning the two books as noted here in GoodReads. You can learn more about her work and how to order her books at https://www.patricerancour.com.
In Her Own Words:
“When I am not mining the depths of the human condition, or perhaps because I do, I manage to have a full life! Primarily reading of course, family and friends, music, art, gardening, travel, and certainly enjoying the peace and tranquility of my cottage retreat on a barrier island off the coast of Georgia. In fact, you can stay there too if you like. Check out my website and hit the ‘links’ tab to learn more. (If you’re a Hilton Head aficianado, better to go to HH!)
You read the Pager Chronicles books if you are interested in how to face mortality, suffering, and your own capacity to bear witness to the pain of others by opening your heart and working on your self. If you choose to accept this assignment, read on. Patrice Rancour is a mental health clinical nurse specialist who has practiced as a therapist for 40 years in a variety of capacities as a clinician, educator and consultant. Her professional interests include, but are not limited to, spirituality and healing, loss and grief, death and dying, human resilience, and complementary and alternative therapies. She has spoken at numerous conferences and has published many professional manuscripts and chapters, penning the two books as noted here in GoodReads. You can learn more about her work and how to order her books at https://www.patricerancour.com.
In Her Own Words:
“When I am not mining the depths of the human condition, or perhaps because I do, I manage to have a full life! Primarily reading of course, family and friends, music, art, gardening, travel, and certainly enjoying the peace and tranquility of my cottage retreat on a barrier island off the coast of Georgia. In fact, you can stay there too if you like. Check out my website and hit the ‘links’ tab to learn more. (If you’re a Hilton Head aficianado, better to go to HH!)
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November 3, 2016
Looks like I'm the only person who can't believe a word this author wants us to believe. seriously, around the time she was a few hours into her shift and had gone from one dramatic event to the next seamlessly, and was giving Popsicle's to a multiple personality cancer patient that I could not read any more.
I worked as a hospice nurse, and never was one of my days this drama filled. I felt like I was reading an ER script and stopped halfway through.
I worked as a hospice nurse, and never was one of my days this drama filled. I felt like I was reading an ER script and stopped halfway through.
January 11, 2012
Amazing! Wish I had Patrice's abilities in dealing with difficult situations. So perceptive and well written. Illustrates so well the complexities of our day-to-day work as nurses.
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